Art by Elizabeth Peiró
Commander deckU
La Forge, Perceptive Engineer
Utilize La Forge's early mana ramp and vigilance to rapidly deploy powerful artifact threats, draw copious cards through artifact synergies, and dominate the board with massive construct armies and game-ending colorless behemoths.
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Deck anatomy
What this list actually runs on: how cheaply it casts things, and whether it has enough ramp, card draw and interaction to keep up at the table. Each block is one card — hover for its name.
Mana curve · 61 nonland cards
The working parts
Counted from Scryfall’s community card tags, not from the builder’s own labels. A card that does two jobs counts twice, so these add up to more than the deck. The hatched band is a common rule of thumb, not a law — combo decks run leaner, battlecruiser decks heavier.
Colored mana symbols
Commander
1La Forge, Perceptive Engineer
1ULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
Chosen commander for the requested strategy.
Ramp
11
Etherium Sculptor
1UArtifact Creature — Vedalken Artificer
cost reducer for all artifact spells
Foundry Inspector
3Artifact Creature — Construct
colorless cost reducer for artifacts
Card Draw
10
Sai, Master Thopterist
2ULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
creates Thopters on artifact casts and converts them into draw
Vedalken Archmage
2UUCreature — Vedalken Wizard
draws a card on every single artifact cast
Thought Monitor
6UArtifact Creature — Construct
affinity creature that provides immediate card advantage
Windfall
2USorcery
burst draw that punishes greedy hands and refills after dumping mana rocks
Removal
10
Fierce Guardianship
2UInstant
free protection while La Forge is on the battlefield
All Is Dust
7Kindred Sorcery — Eldrazi
sweeper that spares our colorless artifacts while wiping opponents
Threats/Wincons
20
Kappa Cannoneer
5UArtifact Creature — Turtle Warrior
grows rapidly with artifact casts and becomes unblockable
Urza, Lord High Artificer
2UULegendary Creature — Human Artificer
creates a massive construct and turns every artifact into mana
Cyberdrive Awakener
5UArtifact Creature — Construct
transforms all noncreature artifacts into 4/4 flying attackers
Mechanized Production
2UUEnchantment — Aura
alternate win condition and token duplicator
Wurmcoil Engine
6Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
resilient lifelink and deathtouch beater
Steel Hellkite
6Artifact Creature — Dragon
flying threat that repeatedly wipes opposing permanents
Blightsteel Colossus
12Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
one-shot lethal infect trampler
Triplicate Titan
9Artifact Creature — Golem
evasive heavy hitter that splits into three distinct tokens upon death
Phyrexian Triniform
9Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem
massive body that leaves behind three 3/3 Golems
Myr Battlesphere
7Artifact Creature — Myr Construct
floods the board with artifact tokens and deals direct damage
Master of Etherium
2UArtifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard
scales in size with artifacts and buffs other artifact creatures
Hullbreaker Horror
5UUCreature — Kraken Horror
game-ending control creature that triggers off artifact casts
Rise and Shine
1USorcery
overload finisher that animates your artifacts into 4/4s
Portal to Phyrexia
9Artifact
devastating edict effect that continuously reanimates creatures
Traxos, Scourge of Kroog
4Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon Construct
under-costed 7/7 trampler that easily untaps on artifact casts
Hangarback Walker
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
scalable mana sink that leaves behind flying Thopters
Platinum Angel
7Artifact Creature — Angel
prevents losing the game while swinging in the air
Cityscape Leveler
8Artifact Creature — Construct
massive trampler that destroys key permanents on cast and attack
Walking Ballista
XXArtifact Creature — Construct
flexible creature that acts as spot removal or a game-ending mana sink
Utility
10
Manifold Key
1Artifact
untaps key artifacts or makes your largest threat unblockable
Emry, Lurker of the Loch
2ULegendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard
recurs artifacts directly from the graveyard
Whir of Invention
XUUUInstant
instant-speed artifact tutor put directly onto the battlefield
Mirrodin Besieged
2UEnchantment
generates tokens or serves as an alternate win condition
The Reality Chip
1ULegendary Artifact Creature — Equipment Jellyfish
allows casting artifact spells and playing lands off the top of the library
